Car Rolls Under the Shelf - 適合初學者的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

A woody block smell rises by the shelf. I sit on the soft mat. I line two flat blocks. I realize a small arch. Morning light makes a pale stripe. A girl near the tower taps a blue car. It rolls. It rolls on its own. I stand and follow it.

I approach the low shelf. My hands stay at my sides. The car glides past crayon dust. Tiny bits sparkle in the stripe. A soft rattle comes from the block box. Wheel marks cross the mat. The girl says, "There it goes under."

The car slips into the gap. I kneel and lower my head. Cool wood meets my cheek. Under the shelf, a toy apple rests. The car taps the apple. It rocks, then settles in a small dent. The car slides a thumb-width more. It stops at a stuffed kitten. Its soft paw blocks the wheel.

I stop too, chin on the mat. Dust drifts. Thin light crosses the mat. The toy apple rests in its dent. The plastic wheel leans on the soft paw.

層架旁傳來木頭積木的味道。我坐在柔軟的地墊上。我排好兩塊扁積木。我拼出一個小拱。早晨的光在地上拉出一道淡帶。塔旁的一個女孩輕點一下藍色小車。它滾動。它自己溜走。我站起來跟在後面。

我靠近矮矮的層架。我的手放在身側。小車滑過蠟筆粉屑。細小粉點在那道光裡閃閃發亮。積木盒裡傳出輕輕的喀啦聲。輪痕劃過地墊。女孩說：「它鑽到下面去了。」

小車滑進縫隙裡。我跪下並低下頭。涼涼的木頭貼著我的臉頰。層架下有一顆玩具蘋果靜著。小車碰了一下蘋果。它搖一搖，然後停在小凹痕裡。小車又滑了一個拇指寬。它在一隻布偶小貓前停住。柔軟的爪子擋住車輪。

我也停下，下巴靠在地墊上。灰塵在空中飄著。細細的光斜過地墊。玩具蘋果靜在它的小凹痕裡。塑膠車輪靠在柔軟的爪子上。